Viking Marine Services
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Viking Marine Services has 3.8 star rating based on 2 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly neutral.
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4926.00 mistake
Could not find all these reviews until I had paid half in advance and delivered boat.Suppose to get clean 175 hp Johnson ,traded in my blown up 150 that was a 1984 and got his 175 that looks 50 years older it's a joke.Took 6 months and 4000 phone calls to get boat back on pick up day had to wait about two hours for him to finish but *** did not want to leave it again.All the gauges on my 1983 ranger worked when I took boat in ,when I got it back nothing did he did not hook anything up.I took care of speedo , water pressure gauge as far as tach boat is in shop ,has bad stator 469.00 bucks just for stator .Now that doesn't mean the rectifier isn't bad cause can't check it without stator,what a nightmare. My motor is still under warranty what good is that you can't get this man to help nor will he do the right thing . And yes boat was taken back to have these things checked ,overheat buzzer was going off he stopped that ,said he had no time to check other problems.Please if you value your money do not spend with these people you will be very disappointed ,by the way I never complained to him not once about how long it was taking to build my motor and he still stuck it straight up my ***.( motor replacement 5-8 weeks in writing per Viking --Actual time 6 months)
Fabricated Reviews
I find it interesting that a shop with such a HORRIBLE track record could maintain an "A" rating from the BBB. These UNFOUNDED reviews are just that, UNFOUNDED.
We have been building quality outboard motors for 39 years and maintained an "A" rating from the BBB for MORE than 20 years. The internet is a great tool, but it has it flaws. Call anytime for a LONG LIST of return customers who will give a TRUE review of our operation. We build, between 2 shops, an average of 1.5 motors per week or +/- 75 motors a year.
There are 4 UNFOUNDED reviews here going back to 2012.
We have built 300 motors since the oldest review. THAT is how you maintain an "A" rating from the BBB.
- Great price
- Great motor
Fraud, lies, Dont throw away your $
how has this guy not been arrested for fraud yet??? He has nothing but bad reviews all over the internet and I understand why now!!
I wish I would have done more research on this piece of *** Stay away from this person if you are smart. He uses the same scam on everybody according to many reviews and he did it on me. He will take your money up front either for a rebuilt motor he has to build or for him to rebuild yours. Then the stories come!!!!
he uses this excuse and that excuse!!!! Then when you finally threaten him after a year, he will tell you to go pick up the pile of *** that he rigged together just enough to start. Well guess what, that piece of junk you just picked up is just about to blow up. When you bring it right back to him the next day, he will tell you that the BS warranty that he gives you doesn't matter because it blew from a pre existing condition.
I have read this story over and over again online.
I screwed up by not doing my research and I paid the price. Stay away from this master of fraud!!
Absolutely Terrible
Everything Ron told me was a complete lie from the beginning. He is a story teller and a scam artist.
What you can expect in the end is a complete loss of your hard earned money with a side of extreme anxiety after you realized you lost a year waiting for the guy to rip you off. After he took my money, he gave me a blown motor and then told me to sue him, which I did!!!
Stay away from this ***, anyone in the business that knows him will tell you the same!!! He has terrible reviews for a reason and if there is a good one, he wrote it himself.
1 1/2 year nightmare
Had an horrific experience with this guy. Just talk to him for a while and you will see what a nut job he is.
It took him 1 1/2 years to build a motor for me. It was one absolutely crazy excuse after another while my boat sat in his *** hole yard getting filthy. He kept saying it will be ready in a week or two. And when he FINALLY said the boat was done not only did he install the controls in backwards --- I had to have all of the carbs rebuilt AGAIN.
It's been a while since I took my boat back from this guy but I had to bring it back twice driving 2 hrs one way and it still didn't get to running right! Had to take another mechanic a just to repair his many ***-ups. It was just one bad thing after another. Even had to take the boat to his son another hour away twice to repair and/or replace even more shoddy workmanship.
I swear to every god ever worshiped that I had to spend at least $2500.00 just to get the motor running right.
STAY AWAY!!!! VERY FAR AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Viking Marine, Claremont FL STAY AWAY!!!!
I am FUMING MAD!!! I first contacted Viking Marine and Ron Dvorak in July of 2010. Ron told me how he was the best motor builder in the state and described his philosophy on outboard motors. 13 MONTHS and $3350.00 and NO RUNNING BOAT!! This guy is a JOKE and so is VIKING Marine! My friend who I referred before I realized what a BS'er Ron turned out to be is getting more of the same run-around and we are both regretting ever getting mixed up with him.
That's right 13 MONTHS to do about 10 hours of work.
Ron is NOT a professional outboard motor builder, he is a professional excuse maker!!!
STAY AWAY, FAR AWAY!!!
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6 months?? I've been waiting for 1year and 4 months now